[絵本] 〔９〕仮名手本忠臣蔵下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 17 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled and published by Tsujioka Bunsuke in 1881, presenting the Kanadehon Chushingura story in woodblock-printed pages for a general readership. The four pages show samurai figures in patterned kimono and hakama, some drawing swords, with dense columns of Japanese text running beside them, offering a designer examples of bold figure silhouettes, decorative textile patterns on robes, and the tight integration of calligraphic text with pictorial panels.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library